So I finally decided to start doing major work on my car; I've had it since last year and been doing small things (well not that small; but cant see too much). Since I bought it I did all the pm work since i couldnt find any records... Timing, mounts, brakes, small peices that were damaged. After I got into a little accident I finally decided... its time for some looks. I bought some cl-s rims off a buddies 02.... Fed-Ex is suppose to stop by a few times this week with a a few goodies (Wings West Full Lip Kit, OEM TL Lip, HKS Dragger axle back, AGX Adjustable Shocks, H&R Sport Springs, Acura Shock Mounts, Mugen Replica Wing, Sonoma Roof Spoiler, 8K HID bulbs, 02 Tails, and an OEM 6Disc Radio) but I also had to buy some replacement parts from the accident too... It hurt the pocket but I think you guys will like what it will look like after its done... Plus new paint job on the car too.... IS300 Graphite Grey Pearl =) I think it will give the car a really nice look once its done... I might throw on some 07 TL-S rims (Hyper silver)..... I think Im good on spending money on teh car for a little bit .... Im hoping it all works out. (BTW its a 99 TL-P)

 

take care of your TL and it will go another 100 thousand miles no problem
Good job doing all the maitenance you can at home, not everyone will undertake such projects

 

I rather know that it was done then somewhere down the line it breaking down on me =/ ...But that took out most of my money before because I only bought the original parts and some of the acura dealers kinda over charged me as i found out later on but oh well. My only concern is how bad is it to change the rack? I've never done that and I cant find any threads on it... But thats the project for this week... as well as whatever comes in from the purchases

 

Daaamn, you must be excited waiting for ALLL that stuff!

 

make sure you post some before/after pix

 

That's like modding most of your exterior already. Good job. How much you spent total for all those parts?

 

he has spent enough, (more than i payed for my cl-s6 if u saw my thread). it will feel like a whole diff car, performance wise and look wise. the mod bug finally bit u, Rob. happens to us all

 

so you bought a full WW lip kit... and then an OEM TL lip??

care to explain?

 

damn. have fun installing all your parts. its a great way to do your exterior now just make sure you back it up with engine stuff as well.

btw sweet choice on the is300 graphite grey.

 

can't wait to see pics.. nice color choice.. i want a gunmetal color car

 

he told me ww rear and sids, oem front

 

JESUS! are you the President or something!

Your car must be payed off...and you may want to think twice about those 07 TL-S rims...yuck

 

I just kept lookin at cars on here and debating what i thought Id want on mine... dont worry this is only the begining... Im hoping to get some more parts this summer but for now this is more then enough. Im way excited but still dissappointed cuz its not fast enough for me. Tom seen my car before but I'll take a few pics hopefully it makes enough of a difference.

I bought both lips cuz i wasnt sure which i liked more; the one i dont use will be on the black market by may 1... Im hoping to finish putting it all together by the end of the month. Im deffinetly taking pics, i might even get one of my friends to do a photoshoot for me with a few friends.

As for power mods Im eventually going to swap in the motor out of a type s and the 6speed also (I've been asking around about it for a while but cant find too many good deals) but at the same time I kinda wanna do the 3.5 internals into my tl-p but i dont know which would get better results... for now the 4 speed has handled a lot of abuse but i know it might be time soon =/

The Tl-s rims- Im still debating it because recently i found someone who could help me out on rims... I've been looking at the R-1 Drift rims cuz Im too poor for the volks but thats ok.


....Mod bug bit me hard a while ago but i wanted to make sure the car will run right before i start modding ti so just wanted to make sure all teh mechanical stuff would work right... I've been tempted before to buy mods but i had to make sure a 99 wouldnt die out on me either lol

 

as for how much i spent.... too much right now but thats ok... its an expensive hobby but i like to do things properly and completely... unfortunetly its never cheap. Somewhere in the Neighborhood of about 5k (including the timing mounts and the body damage from the accident and rack&pinion)

 

You bought both lip kits and your to poor for volks? haha sounds like you've got some work ahead of you. Thats a lot of money to drop when you could probably get a type s for about the same price of all the work lol. Good luck man.

 

i only paid about 7k for the car... and that was in the summer of 07. Saved during high school and paid cash up front

 

It prob is but I see the the 01 and up styles all over the place... very few 99-00 modded around chicago so I wanted to be a little different even if i cant beat them in a race ha ha

 

I hear ya man. I'll be driving my '00 to the ground haha already up to 160k

 

Im not too far behind you.... last I checked I was at 149xxx but its been down most of this month due to that accident and since its all outa pocket its taking a while to get done, working everyday sucks but it let me go a little mod crazy

 

haha, i beat u with no third gear, that was great (even tho i was spraying).

as u know, ive been looking for a 6spd parts car for about 2years now. it has defiantly payed off even if it did buy a good cl-s6 that im going to fix.

 

That's what she said.

 

lol yea yea tom i know..... But thats why im not too worried about the power for now.. Its only a TL-P; suprisingly its good enough for me.

 

Well I finally got most of the stuff in. I got my roof spoiler and replica in this week... with the wings west side... the seller still hasnt shipped out the OEM front lip and another seller still hasnt shipped out the front and rear of the wings west kits (its been almost a month since i bought it off the black market) so now Im a little owrried all that money went down the drain.. I'm going to be really ticked off but Im tryin to be pacient. I finished the body work front the accident and dropped the car, put on the exhuast and tails.... Now i just need those stupid lips and its off to paint

 

contact the seller of the lips. tell ron a. and if u dont get them next week contact paypal (if u used them) and tell them that u havent gotten ur product, seller not responding and no tracking info. they will return ur money

 

Thanks for the heads up man.. and yea i did use paypal so thats a plus for me

 

Ron A is going to be pissed.

To the seller.

 

Well Im going to wait till the end of the week just cuz i really want those lips but if they cant get them out soon i got to get my car to the paint shop so i wont have a choice. =/ i feel bad though if i'm going to have to do that but i wont have another choice

 

I am aware of this problem and have sent a PM, and an email, to WDP01TL, and still no reply.

He previously replied that he had been through some problems but was shipping the kit, and still no kit.

Here's a link to the thread, which was closed and marked sold two months ago. https://acurazine.com/forums/car-parts-sale-361/sold-wings-west-kit-vogtlands-springs-700173/

 

I think everyones car on here should be payed off

 

I , I just bought mine last June

 

nah, if he was he woulda bought 4 more of everything for no reason.. also woulda bailed out the company he bought it from

back on topic.. cant wait to see it all done.. your doing everything i did except all at once.. took me 6 months to piece it all up.. except my kit is OEM

 

i bought mine in april 2008 for 8stack + tags and all that fees came to 9200. i paid cash up front o_0

 

Its comin together... right now im workin on the rack and pinion =/ man i did not expect this to be that difficult Im on day two of trying to replace it.... pain in the *** Im thinkin by friday I'll have it running and HOPEFULLY be at the meet... just not painted yet =( andy's auto sport called me and told me the wing is on back order but should have it by the first week of may and Im still waiting on my replica wing too.. Im just hoping the seller gets back to me because i really do want that kit...

 

andys auto sport has a bad rep. ppl have ordered parts from him and take months for it to get shipped.